boy alone....

boy alone.... by Deborah Parkin
boy alone.... by Deborah Parkin

boy alone....

Nothing like a bit of solitude when looking out to the sea.


  • Karen Cougan

    Karen Cougan, 10 months ago

    Yes Yes Yes…..............this is awesome…........love it
    xkc

  • Deborah  Bowness

    Deborah Bowness, 10 months ago

    Wow Deborah, I LOVE this effect, great toning as always!!

  • Halcyon007

    Halcyon007, 10 months ago

    Those wisps of clouds make it – Another cracker Deb

  • Jeff  Burns

    Jeff Burns, 10 months ago

    Man is this a powerful image. Incredible work. I love this one!

  • Antanas

    Antanas, 10 months ago

    Great composition, wonderful work.

  • Bruce Halliburton

    Bruce Halliburton, 10 months ago

    Brilliant, Deb!

  • Andy73

    Andy73, 10 months ago

    LOVE IT!

  • Louise Cooke

    Louise Cooke, 10 months ago

    the feeling of solitude comes through strong, and it’s beautiful Deb..he looks tiny against the pretty sky – wonderful sense of space :)

  • Douzy

    Douzy, 10 months ago

    Nice silhouetting, great contrast…

  • midzing

    midzing, 10 months ago

    love it,,, brilliant work

  • Brian Beckett

    Brian Beckett, 10 months ago

    Excellent image Deborah, lovely silhouette and the back lighting from the sky is absolutely brilliant well done

  • memory

    memory, 10 months ago

    This is such a strong work. Your portfolio is full of the most compelling images.

  • Paul Tupman

    Paul Tupman, 10 months ago

    Wow.. what a stunning silhouette.. I love how your work leaves you conjouring stories in your mind.. Great work Deb!

  • Jing3011

    Jing3011, 10 months ago

    Dramatic and memorable.

  • Martin Pot

    Martin PotFAQ Wonder Man, 10 months ago

    Very nice silhouette!

  • hdphotos

    hdphotos, 10 months ago

    Beautiful, love it!!

  • Rebecca McLean

    Rebecca McLean, 10 months ago

    How good is that!!!!!!

  • Naomi Frost

    Naomi Frost, 10 months ago

    Sensational

  • Graham Dean

    Graham Dean, 10 months ago

    Another great one with an extra touch of originality.

  • sword

    sword, 10 months ago

    Simply wonderful,very dramatic,great composition.I just love the contrast of light and shade

  • poppykitten

    poppykitten, 10 months ago

    You are so good, another shot, spot on.

  • Dan Cahill

    Dan Cahill, 10 months ago

    Gorgeous silohette. Excellent shot. Beautiful

  • Denzil

    Denzil, 10 months ago

    Wonderful – it immediately makes a story start in my mind. Love the sky.

  • Sean Farragher

    Sean Farragher, 10 months ago

    powerful picture

  • RoughDiamond

    RoughDiamond, 10 months ago

    Totally superb … I’m running out of wall space.

  • Graeme Pettit Photography

    Graeme Pettit ..., 10 months ago

    Deborah, this is lovely.

  • Julie Langford

    Julie LangfordGreeter, 10 months ago

    WOW Deborah – what stunning silhouette work. this is awesome

  • Lisadee

    Lisadee, 10 months ago

    Instant fav’!

    This is divine – tears pricking corners of eyes. Reminds me of my sons.

  • Antoine Dagobert

    Antoine Dagobert, 10 months ago

    Powerful image!!!great work Deb!

  • Simon Gladwin

    Simon Gladwin, 10 months ago

    Wondeful Debs….love it, like everything about it!

  • Torfinn Johannessen

    Torfinn Johann..., 10 months ago

    Wonderful Deb! Great work!

  • Adriana Glackin

    Adriana Glackin, 10 months ago

    what a lonely little figure he is…

  • Angela Stewart

    Angela Stewart, 10 months ago

    A beautiful tender image Deb! Even without seeing his face he looks to be so deep in thought…can’t help but wonder what those thoughts are!

  • ozczecho

    ozczecho, 10 months ago

    Couldn’t agree more with your sentiments..great work.

  • Lou Green

    Lou Green, 10 months ago

    perfect silhouette and lovely sky – i love this

  • PhotogeniquE IPA

    PhotogeniquE IPA, 10 months ago

    smashing silhouette.

  • Susan Zohn

    Susan Zohn, 10 months ago

    This is so lovely. Great work.

  • David Taylor

    David Taylor, 10 months ago

    Very enigmatic! Great use of silhouette Deborah!

  • vonne

    vonne, 10 months ago

    Oh what a shot!!! This is GREAT Deborah = )

  • Helene Kippert

    Helene Kippert, 10 months ago

    Brilliant Deb

  •  Sorin  Reck

    Sorin Reck, 10 months ago

    Superb….......

  • micmac

    micmac, 10 months ago

    I guess it ’s Fleur,she’s so little ,fantastic feeling of lonelyness,a piece of art Deborah

  • lightsmith

    lightsmith, 10 months ago

    wow, one of your best. love that silhouette and the vivid lighting. works so well in bw too.

  • ed wong

    ed wong, 10 months ago

    powerful shot – like it a lot

  • Victor(Vic) Bezrukov(stran9e)

    Victor(Vic) Be..., 10 months ago

    wordless
    love the mood of this composition !

  • StacyLee

    StacyLee, 10 months ago

    This is so precious Deb! Beautiful glow!

  • brummieboy

    brummieboy, 10 months ago

    Solitude personified .. beautiful shot …

  • Tiffany Dryburgh

    Tiffany Dryburgh, 10 months ago

    Wowee, that is gorgeous!!!

  • Alan Rodmell

    Alan Rodmell, 10 months ago

    I love those clouds around him…..

    Great shot debs as always…

  • wanda lechene

    wanda lechene, 10 months ago

    this is amazing capture great work

  • HelenBanham

    HelenBanham, 10 months ago

    WOW, an absolutely amazing shot, love it!!

  • victor laurence

    victor laurence, 10 months ago

    another one right on the button fantastic

  • Benjamin Scheurer

    Benjamin Scheurer, 10 months ago

    sensational shot, Deborah…..love it.

  • shawhouse

    shawhouse, 10 months ago

    Oh… stunning….what a tender capture. without words…

  • Nikki Mulkern

    Nikki Mulkern, 10 months ago

    I love this!!!! Wonderful capture!

  • shawhouse

    shawhouse, 10 months ago

    found some words – love the title – it says it all. This image is a study of a child in contemplation. Of course you love your kids, but even more – your work conveys profound respect for them as individuals.- one reason, i think, why your photography speaks a universal language. – I’m not blowing smoke, Deb. Not exactly a wordsmith and this is hard to express without it sounding like overblown rhetoric. So, in summary, bravo!

  • Kellie Kennedy

    Kellie Kennedy, 10 months ago

    You wow me every time you add something but this one gets an extra big wow! Just beautiful!

  • Joyce Dickens, IPA

    Joyce Dickens,..., 10 months ago

    Beautiful composition; heavenly silhouette, perfect tones and lighting! This is awesome!

  • Madison Ellis

    Madison Ellis, 10 months ago

    I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!

  • mlgkats

    mlgkats, 10 months ago

    love the b&w you can feel the emotion of being alone, and the sky is beautiful

  • Martin Derksema

    Martin Derksema, 10 months ago

    Incredible. Almost fell of my chair watching this. What a visual power. The light in the clouds almost burns a hole in my eye balls, which is a pleasant experience in this case. Again you transform a ‘small’ event into a experience on very large scale. I have this rock at the river where I look at the water every day. For me these are the moments in which I know who I am. When I llok at your picture I realise that I have always had my rocks at the river, as I child too. And when I was a child those moments were about feeling what I was too. In other words: your image does a lot with me again.

  • cdwork

    cdwork, 10 months ago

    This has to be one of your best- just love it

  • Michael Oubridge

    Michael Oubridge, 10 months ago

    Gorgeous silhouette Debs !

  • Nicholas Averre

    Nicholas Averre, 10 months ago

    Your work never stops suprising me.. beautiful image Deb. Well done!!

  • Arthur Chambers

    Arthur Chambers, 10 months ago

    Brilliant effect-love it….....

  • Martie Venter

    Martie Venter, 10 months ago

    Very powerful image – love it!

  • Andrew Bosman

    Andrew Bosman, 10 months ago

    Very emotive Deb….... sad in a way. Great work.

  • daydreamer23

    daydreamer23, 10 months ago

    stunning

  • daydreamer23

    daydreamer23, 10 months ago

    stunning

  • Simon Mears

    Simon Mears, 10 months ago

    i think this is just so touching and personal, to me, it really is universal in that we can all relate to moments like this, at the tenderest ages too. Cracking shot.

  • Carlo Cesar Rodillas

    Carlo Cesar Ro..., 10 months ago

    Outstanding shot! Congrats and more power!

  • Paul Louis Villani

    Paul Louis Vil..., 10 months ago

    You have a style all of your own and It is yielding superb results!
    All your work is such a pleasure to behold! Congrats Deb! :D

  • missmunchy

    missmunchy, 10 months ago

    PERFECT!!! I lov eit!

  • Paul Vanzella

    Paul Vanzellaworks here, 10 months ago

    Superb image Deborah – just wonderful!

  • Rhana Griffin

    Rhana Griffin, 10 months ago

    Once again Deb, so very emotive… love it!

  • Gerijuliaj

    Gerijuliaj, 10 months ago

    Beautiful silhouette Deborah

  • SylviaHardy

    SylviaHardy, 10 months ago

    Hi Deborah! You’ve succeeded to convay the sence of lonelyness with the space around. And yet with that soft sky infront and above, you can get a sence that he isn’t quite alone. I like the crispness around the silhouette. Your boy has so much shape around him, it reminds me of a shadow puppet show, which always amazes me. Because, they only rely on shadow shape and light!

  • Nicole Goggins

    Nicole Goggins, 10 months ago

    another incredible image deb. this is awsome! I’m totally blown away – I can’t even think what to say other than simply stunning!

  • Colin Tobin

    Colin TobinGreeter, 10 months ago

    Beautiful!
    I love how the silhouette is framed so excellently with the cloud.
    Another amazing photo!

  • Mugsy

    Mugsy, 10 months ago

    What a capture!

  • marieancolie

    marieancolie, 10 months ago

    All has been said already :))
    So.. I’m joining them in the compliments :))

  • petelangman

    petelangman, 10 months ago

    brilliant

  • Dakolina

    Dakolina, 10 months ago

    its dark. its feels cold and lonely.. and hje shouldn’t be alone.. and I want to go set on that same bench. beautiful shot Deborah

  • Basia McAuley

    Basia McAuley, 10 months ago

    You could put so many emotions to this depending on your own interpretation, love it! Great work once again Deborah!

  • mwgids

    mwgids, 10 months ago

    the kid looks very small and fragile against a powerfull sky.so many interpretations,so many feelings and memories,might just as well be me sitting there.i could babble on for ever.you are a true master.

  • velveteagle

    velveteagle, 10 months ago

    This is a place we all need to be. Very good impact capture Deborah..

  • Michelle Hitt

    Michelle Hitt, 10 months ago

    The tone of this is fantastic!

    :-)

  • Catalin Soare

    Catalin Soare, 10 months ago

    Amazing sky, beautiful work of art!

  • janik

    janik, 10 months ago

    Superb.

  • fracturedfotos

    fracturedfotos, 10 months ago

    Amazing work. Beautiful image.

  • Mel Brackstone

    Mel Brackstone, 10 months ago

    Beautiful shot, Deborah. This is something most of us like to do occasionally, so I’m sure it hits a nerve in so many ways.

  • wolfllink

    wolfllink, 10 months ago

    Wonderful work

  • WitheringMoon

    WitheringMoon, 10 months ago

    Stunning – i love the darkness against that sky – very powerful!!!!!!

  • Sharon Hammond

    Sharon Hammond, 10 months ago

    this is a very thought-provoking silhouette, made more dramatic in mono

  • lanalang

    lanalang, 10 months ago

    Congrats Deborah, a really fantastic shot!!

  • SamHarrons

    SamHarrons, 10 months ago

    ooooo yesss!! i like it =]

  • DawsonImages

    DawsonImages, 10 months ago

    nice use of the silhouette, gives it an isolated feel

  • SnapHappy

    SnapHappy, 10 months ago

    beautiful image

  • nikspix

    nikspix, 10 months ago

    This is awesome!! Great job!

  • Kurt  Tutschek

    Kurt Tutschek, 10 months ago

    fantastic. great composition, perfect silhouette.

  • ECGardner

    ECGardner, 10 months ago

    Amazing shot that says so much… Just so beautiful and touching.

  • Jennifer Resemius

    Jennifer Resemius, 10 months ago

    beautiful.

  • Mark Tisdale

    Mark Tisdale, 10 months ago

    Lovely silhouette!

  • googa

    googa, 10 months ago

    Fantastic effect ! amazing.

  • Al Neaimi

    Al Neaimi, 10 months ago

    great image .. love it

  • Nikki Trexel

    Nikki Trexel, 10 months ago

    All of these pictures are so remarkable! You do such a great job of putting together the children with the surroundings!!

  • PigleT

    PigleT, 10 months ago

    Funny, that. It doesn’t scream `alone’ to me so much as enjoying the sunlight. Powerful silhouette, either way :)

  • SpaceCadet34

    SpaceCadet34, 10 months ago

    Impressive work Deb !!

  • Ellie Winds

    Ellie Winds, 10 months ago

    excellent.

  • Geri Bragg

    Geri Bragg, 10 months ago

    incredible !!! i love it !

  • Pete Chennell

    Pete Chennell, 9 months ago

    a touching moody beautiful piece…another gem Deb

  • Biswajit Pandey

    Biswajit Pandey, 9 months ago

    Wonderful shot!!!, excellent composition.

  • Birgitta

    Birgitta, 9 months ago

    I reeeeeally like this.
    WOW. Your lighting + gamma is flawless. (in my book..heh.)
    Really like your work!

  • JanG

    JanG, 9 months ago

    wonderful beaches everywhere…this looks so much like a bench I used to sit on to watch the waves in Gearhart, Oregon. what beautiful light and shadow.

  • Bjørn Gjelsten

    Bjørn Gjelsten, 9 months ago

    what a powerful picture this is! fantastic!

  • David Harris

    David Harris, 9 months ago

    This is an amazingly beautiful shot! Very well done Deborah!

  • Puffling

    Puffling, 9 months ago

    Stunning!!

  • Sherstin Schwartz

    Sherstin Schwartz, 8 months ago

    great silhouettes and shot… I love this.

  • Rosalie Dale IPA

    Rosalie Dale IPA, 8 months ago

    Certainly draws the viewer in.

  • gordontant

    gordontant, 8 months ago

    The drama in this one Deb is amazing, don’t know why I didn’t see it before…...

  • Wegwoman

    Wegwoman, 8 months ago

    This moves me more than you’ll ever know.

  • kellymb

    kellymb, 8 months ago

    What a truly beautiful shot! Wonderful toning and composition :)

  • Birgitta

    Birgitta, 8 months ago

    Congratz on ANOTHER HP feature….........!
    You’re burnin’ it up, woman!!

  • geraint

    geraint, 8 months ago

    One of the most powerful images i’ve seen on redbubble so far. It could mean so many things and this adds to the intrigue it makes me want to ask if the boy is ok! One of my top ten favourites.

  • Ian Robertson

    Ian Robertson, 8 months ago

    Nice and clean image..with impact and meaning. Great capture

  • Heather King

    Heather King, 8 months ago

    perfectly haunting and so beautiful

  • vonne

    vonne, 8 months ago

    Awesome! and congrats on 2 in a row!

  • Damien Woods

    Damien Woods, 8 months ago

    Brilliant Black and white with silhouette. Great all-round shot.

  • Chris O'Neill

    Chris O'Neill, 8 months ago

    one word. WOW!

  • JLHopgood

    JLHopgood, 8 months ago

    I first saw this on your website and it kind of slapped me round the face! Stunned. Love it. (give me some pointers on your process pretty please!)

  • Roslyn Slater

    Roslyn Slater, 7 months ago

    Wonderful work.

  • Rebecca Barker

    Rebecca Barker, 7 months ago

    awsome work !!

  • Lucindawind

    Lucindawind, 7 months ago

    this is just perfect !

  • Jonicool

    Jonicool, 7 months ago

    Looks like he is caught up in the swirl of clouds..beautifully composed!

  • Alan Findlater

    Alan Findlater, 6 months ago

    great work very well done

  • marcusjohn

    marcusjohn, 6 months ago

    This is beautiful Deb. Perfect !!! like a dream..

  • Ian  James

    Ian James, 6 months ago

    Just brilliant. I love the way the child is framed by the clouds…Excellent work.

  • Mardynn

    Mardynn, 6 months ago

    Another amazing shot.
    Wonderful lighting. Tones.

  • ince51

    ince51, 6 months ago

    that is an awsome shot, captures so much!!

  • Peco Grozdanovski

    Peco Grozdanovski, 6 months ago

    Wonderful photograph.. My compliments!

  • david malcolmson

    david malcolmson, 6 months ago

    This is quite magical.

  • Deborah Parkin

    Deborah Parkin in reply to david malcolmson’s comment, 6 months ago

    Thank you David – always so pleased when you like my work :)

  • Romeo Koitmäe

    Romeo Koitmäe, 6 months ago

    A striking image. Beautiful composition – I love this.

  • augz

    augz, 6 months ago

    Awesome work!

  • LoveMy7Cs

    LoveMy7Cs, 6 months ago

    I’m just agreeing with the other 200 people. Wow. Heart tugger.

  • Kathleen Hill

    Kathleen Hill, 6 months ago

    Congratulations on this shot and all the lovely comments

  • shanghaiwu

    shanghaiwu, 6 months ago

    fabuluos work

  • maka1967

    maka1967, 6 months ago

    incredible work! the silhouette speaks so much. you photos always say something about human fate, love this very much. thanks for sharing.

  • Per Ove Sleen

    Per Ove Sleen, 6 months ago

    This picture made me cry for a very long time. It struck something inside me, I haven’t touched upon since I was a boy and HAD to.
    Your pictures have the ability to inflict real pain and/ore joy, and that is a very rear and powerful thing.
    When I stopped crying it was like something ugly inside me was gone for ever.
    The picture goes on my favorites shelf…

    POS

  • Tony Elieh

    Tony Elieh, 6 months ago

    This is a fantastic composition

  • Dave  Miller

    Dave Miller, 6 months ago

    very nice, moving image

  • Deborah Parkin

    Deborah Parkin in reply to Dave Miller’s comment, 6 months ago

    Thanks Dave – neighbour – i am from Hexham :)

  • Kacholek

    Kacholek, 6 months ago

    Excellent image …beautifully captured!!

  • Ozcloggie

    Ozcloggie, 6 months ago

    Expect to see him run off at any second!

  • Ross Beedle

    Ross Beedle, 6 months ago

    Deborah Parkin you really do have some talent that’s precious
    Ross

  • Per Ove Sleen

    Per Ove Sleen, 5 months ago

    Every time I see this picture it moves me (not like the first time though, then I cried). It is powerful medicine ugh ugh

  • David Stuart

    David Stuart, 5 months ago

    Just perfect. Out of the darkness towards the light, look to the future, she’ll be right.

  • Lam Tran

    Lam Tran, 5 months ago

    Super shot! Lovely image of childhood! Great work! Love the tone!

  • Joanne Marie Shaw

    Joanne Marie Shaw, 5 months ago

    wonderful imagery

  • redpoppies

    redpoppies, 5 months ago

    I love your style, and this image is no exception. Wonderful!

  • Kristie King

    Kristie King, 5 months ago

    AMAZING! I love your pictures.

  • Lindsay Berman

    Lindsay Berman, 5 months ago

    just a beautiful shot, simply beautiful!!!

  • budrfli

    budrfli, 5 months ago

    absolutely stunning top notch emotional value! 1000 words

  • Elodie

    Elodie, 4 months ago

    splendid!!

  • Mindy McGregor

    Mindy McGregor, 4 months ago

    Beautiful work!

  • scorpionscounty

    scorpionscounty, 3 months ago

    I’m Stunned and Speechless…...

    Great Job Deborah…......

    Regards

  • Michael Barnes

    Michael Barnes, 3 months ago

    wonderful work and a wonderful portfolio!

  • Stephen Chapple

    Stephen Chapple, 3 months ago

    Wonderful outcome!!! The images here can speak without text….

    “A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels about what is being photographed in the deepest sense, and is, thereby, a true expression of what one feels about life in its entirety.”  ~Ansel Adams

  • nigelnash

    nigelnash, 2 months ago

    spectacular !!

  • H. Clabeaux

    H. Clabeaux, about 1 month ago

    Debora, this is incredible! I love your photography!

  • sunset

    sunset, about 1 month ago

    love these photos. all of them!

  • Mindy McGregor

    Mindy McGregor, 12 days ago

    Fantastic work

  • TREVOR IRWIN

    TREVOR IRWIN, 10 days ago

    Outstanding Professionalism and vision. Your Art is moving, inspiring and simply Beautiful. For me, I think this is my personal favourite of all your work to date. Congratulations on a great creation.

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